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F-15 Eagle
Chino reported: I didn't get his name, but I spent about 20 minutes talking with the young pilot seated on the well-armed jet in this picture. He got a B.S. in aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida), getting his civilian ratings up to CFII in the process (all single props). Then he applied to the Mass. Air National Guard to be an F-15 pilot. They sent him for 2 years of USAF training (T-37, T-38, F-15), and he has been flying the F-15 in Cape Cod for one year now. The lucky stiff! He said one thing that made me feel a little good. He spent a lot of time with F15 by Janes before he went to USAF/MANG. He said that before his real F-15 training, he had never survived more than 5 minutes at full realism in the sim. After he started real F-15 training, it finally all made sense, and he started to do great in F15 by Janes too. He says it is amazingly realistic, though he could not comment on certain things about the radar, missiles, NCTR, corner speeds, and others. Personally I have survived for at least SEVEN minutes in JF-15 at full realism (can you say "over-G, over-G!"). But I died many times on the way (taking some of Saddam's assets with me of course). I found F15 by Janes and Fleet Command in a software store for $5 each, so I bought "road" copies, thinking I might revisit F-15 (as I have FC). But it's a steep re-learning curve, and the 640x480 screen doesn't scale too well on a 1024x768 notebook. That's how I ended up with Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2, Falcon 4.0, the Gravis Game Pad , and soon IP Trainer 6.0 as my on-the-road stable of flight sims. |
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